Masculine dossier · first seen 1976

Benaiah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Benaiah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

166

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1976Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

7.8%

2024

153

All-time

2,233

Benaiah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 166 boys were named Benaiah.

In 2024, only 153 boys were given the name.

Down 7.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,233 Americans have been named Benaiah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1976.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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